Hurriyet

More than half of the Byzantine buildings in the Marmara region have been damaged, according to a report released yesterday by a volunteer group, the Archaeological Settlements of Turkey Project, or TAY.

UC Davis

For two decades, researchers have been using a growing volume of genetic data to debate whether ancestors of Native Americans emigrated to the New World in one wave or successive waves, or from one ancestral Asian population or a number of different populations.

Poughkeepsie Journal

Graves, very likely those of hundreds of Revolutionary War soldiers, have been found, at long last, on undeveloped land in the Town of Fishkill that was proposed to be a shopping center.

Wanted in Rome

In the holy year 1950, Pope Pius XII created a sensation when he announced to the world that the tomb of the apostle Peter had been located in the exact spot where tradition had always placed it  directly underneath Michelangelo' s dome and Bernini' s bronze baldachin inside the basilica of St Peter' s.

Tea Harrisburg Champion

A group of archaeologists based at Augustana College will spend the next few months mapping the history of Lincoln, Union and Clay counties.

The Australian

WESTERN Australia's scuba-diving former attorney-general Jim McGinty has been credited with finding a shipwreck steeped in history: the old steam bucket dredge that carved out Fremantle harbour in the 1890s.

Explore Baltimore County

The carcass of a World War II-era German submarine has rested for 60 years on the bottom of the Potomac River in southern Maryland, visited only by sport divers and marine archeologists.

National Geographic

An ancient temple in Turkey has been found filled with broken metal, ivory carvings, and stone slabs engraved with a dead language.

China.org

An expert team led by Professor Wang Xiaolin from the Chinese Academy of Science has carried out preliminary repairs on the biggest fossilized dinosaur egg yet found in Tiantai County of China's Zhejiang Province, originally discovered in 2002, according to Qianjiang Evening News.

Ansa News

A stunning collection of frescoes that once adorned the walls of Ancient Roman buildings in Pompeii are set to go on show in Naples.